Life Around Campus
Purwokerto
Purwokerto is the capital city of Banyumas Regency, Central Java Province, Indonesia. This area is called the “student city” and is the second home for thousands of migrants who choose to continue their education at the city’s famous universities. Located at the foot of Mount Slamet, this city offers attractive and varied tourist destinations accompanied by cool and refreshing air. Until now, traditional culture and history are still being preserved by the residents of this city, who are always friendly and provide comfort to everyone who stops by.
Cost Living
Living as a student in Purwokerto can fulfill your needs with relatively cheap and affordable living costs. Boarding rooms are available for students who want to stay for a long time. Students can rent boarding rooms around the campus area with an average cost of around IDR 300,000 to 500,000 per month. To meet food needs, food around the campus is relatively cheap. The cost of one meal at a food stall is only around IDR 7,000 to 15,000. For the cost of laundry services, the price is IDR 3,000 to 5,000 per kilo. If you need entertainment, Purwokerto offers various shopping places and tourist destinations. The average cost to enjoy various kinds of entertainment is around IDR 20,000 to 50,000.
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Tourist Destinations
Taking a break from a monotonous routine is a good choice. It’s a shame if you live in Purwokerto without visiting its various tourist destinations. The geographical location of Purwokerto, which is under the foot of Mount Slamet, offers various natural tourist destinations that must be visited. Besides its nature tourism, historical, and culinary tours.
Baturraden Tourist Resort
Baturraden Tourist Resort is a favorite natural tourist destination in Purwokerto and is a 15 KM or 15 minutes drive from downtown Purwokerto. It offers playgrounds, swimming pools, outbound activities, water bikes, and hot springs. This place also provides many places to indulge your tongue with traditional Banyumas culinary delights, such as mendoan, Banyumas pecel and others. This cuisine can be enjoyed of the slopes of Mount Slamet.
Calung
Calung is a traditional musical instrument that exists in rural communities in Banyumasan cultural distribution. It is a set of gamelan-like musical instruments made of wulung bamboo. These musical instruments consist of gambang barung, xylophone successor, dhendem, kenong, gong, and kendhang. Calung comes from the word carang wulung bamboo (wulung bamboo shoots). There are also people who say that calung comes from the word di cacah melung-melung (beaten with a loud sound).
Purwokerto Typical Culinary
Purwokerto serves a wide selection of delicious typical culinary delights at affordable prices and easy to find at traditional markets, food stalls, cafes, restaurants, and even malls. The typical Purwokerto culinary delights include Mendoan, fried Getuk, Soto Sokoraja, Nopia, and many other foods. Restaurants and cafes in Purwokerto also serve various dishes from around Indonesia and internationally.
Commercial areas and shopping centers
Commercial areas and shopping centers are quite close to campus, including traditional markets, mini markets, supermarkets, and malls. Rita Super Mall, the biggest shopping center in Purwokerto, is only 15 minutes from campus, and there are various well-known brands you must know about. Rajawali Cinema can be a reference place for watching movies in Purwokerto. The distance is only about 15 minutes from campus. Rajawali is a legendary cinema since 1980 which exists by maintaining its old and unique design, still using painted posters to promote films that are showing.